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Old 05-10-2014, 09:46 AM   #1
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Default My last name has become somewhat of a joke at the school I work at

Some of the younger elementary school kids act surprised that my last name could actually be Shorter. And some of the older ones just blatantly make fun of it.

 
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Old 05-10-2014, 09:53 AM   #2
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Are you sure it's not your psychological thesis thing they are making fun of?

 
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Old 05-10-2014, 09:55 AM   #3
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wow kimani you've even reached urban legend status. can't say i'm surprised

 
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Old 05-10-2014, 09:59 AM   #4
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One kid said to me "Mr. Shorter I'm the only one in here who doesn't make fun of your name." which was far from the truth. But kids have a tendency to generalize and blow things out of proportion.

 
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Old 05-10-2014, 10:01 AM   #5
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One kid said to me "Mr. Shorter I'm the only one in here who doesn't make fun of your name." which was far from the truth.
What a little lying asshole kid.

 
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Old 05-10-2014, 10:39 AM   #6
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just be like it's ironic because my dick is so big.

 
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Old 05-10-2014, 10:53 AM   #7
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It's already ironic because I'm 5 feet 11

 
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Old 05-10-2014, 12:29 PM   #8
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you're shorter

than me

 
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Old 05-10-2014, 12:39 PM   #9
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Nowadays i'd think 5'11 is like normal height for a guy. I'm 5'11" and all those younger guys seem taller than me.

Its not like oh god your name is shorter and you're a giant, how ironic.

 
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Old 05-10-2014, 01:51 PM   #10
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Try to impress the kids. Show them you are hip and cool. Wear skinny jeans to school and tell them you listen to Drake.

 
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Old 05-10-2014, 02:01 PM   #11
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i'd show the kids what i was working with

 
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Old 05-10-2014, 02:01 PM   #12
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i wish i was like 6 inches shorter

 
Old 05-10-2014, 02:12 PM   #13
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Just like his beer, the dude delivers.

 
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Old 05-10-2014, 02:50 PM   #14
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"My last name has become somewhat of a joke at the school I work at "

kind of like how your username is a joke here

full circle

 
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Old 05-10-2014, 02:52 PM   #15
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https://www.google.com/#q=%22hello+m...er%22&safe=off

 
Old 05-10-2014, 05:36 PM   #16
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hahahahahaha

 
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Old 05-10-2014, 06:15 PM   #17
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http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=103662

he made a post on randi.org. as in world famous anti-pseudoscience skeptic james randi.

they tear him a new one.

 
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Old 05-10-2014, 06:25 PM   #18
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wowbagger is slaying me

"Aw, well I just think it would be fun to play a "Professional Bipolar Wise-Old-Man", instead of the usual, mundane "Chaotic Neutral Wizard"."

 
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Old 05-10-2014, 06:39 PM   #19
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Why in the fuck would he post that on a pro science anti bullshit forum?

 
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Old 05-10-2014, 06:46 PM   #20
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he's either trolling

or he believes it's not bullshit.

 
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Old 05-10-2014, 06:48 PM   #21
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i really think the fact that he uses his real name to post on all of these boards means he really genuinely thinks he's on to something and that CW is an aspie not some kind of brilliant troll

it's kind of remarkable how all of threads feature people laughing at him and disproving him easily and he comes back and argues that they don't get it and people are vouching for him

 
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Old 05-10-2014, 06:49 PM   #22
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i really think the fact that he uses his real name to post on all of these boards means he really genuinely thinks he's on to something and that CW is an aspie not some kind of brilliant troll


 
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Old 05-10-2014, 06:56 PM   #23
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i'm pretty sure the only person who thinks he's not a real person is duo, who seems to think people can troll that deeply and consistently, which they fucking can't.

i mean he feels the same way about banana and TOC as well, and it's like he may want to live in a world where people with mental illness or, in banana's case, unredeemable douchebaggery, don't exist. and i don't necessarily blame him for that.

 
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Old 05-10-2014, 07:00 PM   #24
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perhaps it's the fact that nobody lets him down gently. like "listen man, you need to develop this hypothesis a lot more. it's needs to be verified through extensive double-blind experimentation. then you need to publish your results in a peer reviewed journal of psychology, which means you have to convince someone besides the school social worker that your hypothesis merits further study under the supervision of more qualified scientists who are making sure you're not falsifying your data."

 
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perhaps it's the fact that nobody lets him down gently. like "listen man, you need to develop this hypothesis a lot more. it's needs to be verified through extensive double-blind experimentation. then you need to publish your results in a peer reviewed journal of psychology, which means you have to convince someone besides the school social worker that your hypothesis merits further study under the supervision of more qualified scientists who are making sure you're not falsifying your data."
nah i even saw that

Hi kimani,

I can see that you have put much thought into this system, and hard work as well. Whether anything comes of it, industriousness is admirable in its own right.

On the surface, it looks like their may be some issues with your system. I will not go into detail, as many ohers here have pointed them out.

To those of us that are seeing it for the first time, it seems confusing.

I think it would help your presentation to state the goal of your system. What are you trying to acomplish?

Then, devise a way to measure the usefulness of it. Your system should be able to make useful predictions that help to acheive it's goals.

Lastly, use properly devised experiments to objectively prove that the system is capable of meeting it's goals.

Once you have done those three things, it is just a matter of testing, refining, testing, refining, until the system is honed to a high degree of sucess.

Then there will be no need to ask for opinions. You will know that your system is correct, and you will be able to publish results for others to replicate and validate. Once your system is accepted and in use, it will be a benifit to the world at that point.

Regards, Canis

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he just doen'st seem to get it

 
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Old 05-10-2014, 07:04 PM   #26
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this is all very fucking brilliant btw

 
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Old 05-10-2014, 07:06 PM   #27
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You should tell them you post on a smashing pumpkins messageboard.

They probably don't even know what a messageboard is.

 
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Old 05-10-2014, 07:07 PM   #28
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dammit son jon

 
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Old 05-10-2014, 07:15 PM   #29
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perhaps it's the fact that nobody lets him down gently. like "listen man, you need to develop this hypothesis a lot more. it's needs to be verified through extensive double-blind experimentation. then you need to publish your results in a peer reviewed journal of psychology, which means you have to convince someone besides the school social worker that your hypothesis merits further study under the supervision of more qualified scientists who are making sure you're not falsifying your data."
actually i've found there's more than a few boards that have done this


remember not every place on the internet is a place where people are unspeakably cruel to each other. some of them actually make sure everyone behaves

 
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Old 05-10-2014, 07:25 PM   #30
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perhaps it's the fact that nobody lets him down gently. like "listen man, you need to develop this hypothesis a lot more. it's needs to be verified through extensive double-blind experimentation. then you need to publish your results in a peer reviewed journal of psychology, which means you have to convince someone besides the school social worker that your hypothesis merits further study under the supervision of more qualified scientists who are making sure you're not falsifying your data."

hey we tried that here, too

 
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